We operate a co-located private outpatient clinic on the grounds of a hospital complex. A patient who is an admitted patient in the hospital is referred by the treating doctor to come to our c…
read more >Can a GP refer a patient under a CCMP for the same condition they previously referred the same patient for under a MHTP? Some are saying it cannot be used to ‘top up’ a MHTP when the patient h…
read more >Can we use a figurehead billing model for supervised services that a nurse administers? Our organisation provides various mental health treatments. These are low risk but do require supervisio…
read more >This question came to us from a private health insurer as follows:
30-year male member undergoes procedures 49578 & 49580 as a same day patient in a private hospital, all claims paid at t…
Sometimes there are no GPs available but we do have nurse practitioners onsite at our RACF. When a patient is having a telehealth consult with a specialist and a registered or enrolled nurse i…
read more >I had a question: for our urgent pathology results checking, occasionally the doctors can’t get hold of the patient at 3am in the morning (presumably they are asleep). In these instances, our …
read more >Our geriatrician is a “medical practitioner” and “a person who is registered under the National Law in the medical profession” so can that doctor, while conducting the telehealth consu…
read more >Scenario is a shift handover between GPs at an urgent care clinic (UCC).
Where a patient is initially managed by one GP but handed over at the end of the shift to another GP who later reviews…
If a GP refers a patient to a paediatrician working within the same urgent care clinic for a second opinion or for assessment and management of a more complex case, can the paediatrician bill …
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